MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
19th February
Born:
- 1473: Nicolaus Copernicus (poster)
- 1837: Aleksandr Nikolaevich Korkin (poster)
- 1863: Axel Thue (poster)
- 1866: T J J See (poster)
- 1919: Alexander Andreevich Samarskii (poster)
- 1924: Arnljot Høyland
- 1929: Andor Kertész
Died:
- 1553: Erasmus Reinhold
- 1622: Henry Savile (poster)
- 1799: Jean-Charles de Borda (poster)
- 1897: Karl Weierstrass (poster)
- 1908: Hermann Laurent (poster)
- 1929: Joseph Boussinesq (poster)
- 1946: Michele de Franchis (poster)
- 1985: Wilhelm Specht
- 1988: Erich Hans Rothe (poster)
- 1990: Otto Neugebauer (poster)
- 2009: Edmund Hlawka
- 2017: Igor Rostislavovich Shafarevich (poster)
Quotation of the day
From Nicolaus Copernicus
Mathemata mathematicis scribuntur
Mathematics is written for mathematicians
